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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Stuart, what a great pic, thanks for sharing!
I concur with Grant, but oh my - what a load they put on that poor 8-cwt.
I hope it was a Ford, a Chev wouldn't have had the grunt to move the combo... 
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The 8cwt has same engine as a 3 tonner, so no reason to doubt its power. The Chev 216 was very much the same as the Bedford 28hp and the OXD's towing loaded Queen Mary trailers worked well.
I was on car rally across Australia about 26 years ago and the Royal Australian Navy entered a Maple Leaf truck with the fuselage of a C-47 on it. They struggled across the Outback and desert and still made it in to the overnight stops.
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